Last week at Gainsborough…
Refugee Week
Refugee week is 17-22nd June, for more information on the what and why of refugee week, please see here https://refugeeweek.org.uk/
We thought about what a refugee is this week. The children were incredibly aware of the negative impact of being a refugee on your health. They were able to talk about the lack of sleep, the lack of shelter and the inability to prepare and eat healthy food. In their homework, Years 1-5 will retell the story of becoming a refugee. Please listen to this story with your child this week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIxZT_s8BcE
Year 6 Residential Trip Kench Hill
Year 6 have returned. A huge thank you to Coach Terry and Ms Muganga for giving up their time to take the children away for 5 days and 4 nights! We are very proud of their behaviour, attitude, bravery and new found independence. The only negative, they reported, was having to come home! Well done Year 6.
Year 1 Chalkwell Beach Trip
Year 1 ventured along the C2C to Chalkwell beach! Thank you to the families that came along, without volunteers these wonderful trips would not be possible. The children threw stones, counted the shells, built sand castles, and buried their legs. They went equipped with everything for a British Summer’s day and luckily were blessed with some wonderful sunshine. Well done Year 1!
Year 2 Tower of London Trip
Year 2 visited the crown jewels this week. They travelled to Tower Hill and visited the Tower of London. They noticed London landmarks they have researched in their geography learning and were fascinated by the history of the Tower of London. Well done Year 2.
Cycling Club at the Olympic Park BMX Track
British Cycling run a cycling club at Gainsborough every Thursday. Last week the children were invited to the BMX track on the Olympic Park. They were only invited back this week and have been offered a more regular slot at the BMX track. Watch this space for the launch of another cycling club with Year 4 students due to the talents the children hold and the wonderful coaches at British Cycling. Thank you British Cycling.
Keeping Healthy
Each half term we focus on a different Gainsborough Keep: kind, connected, safe, healthy, green or giving. This half term we are looking at Keep Healthy. We are focusing on healthy eating this half term. Children will get the opportunity to try new herbs and vegetables in an attempt to encourage us all to make healthier choices. We will also look at what healthy endings look like as we say goodbye to this academic year.
Reader of the Week
Each week we will award one child from Years 1-6 with a new book, as the Reader of the Week. The award is for commitment, reading progress, engagement or sharing their love for reading. Please support your child with reading at home! After all, reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
Year 1 Faith
Year 2 Yaquub
Year 3 Asia
Year 4 Ava
Year 5 Aston
Year 6 Bridget- Marie
GOLDS!
Each week we celebrate an amazing achievement from each class. Children are celebrated in assembly, receive a gold certificate and their name in the newsletter. Please celebrate their learning at home too!
Nursery – Ducks
Jude was nominated to receive a Gainsborough Gold Award for being an excellent friend and looking after of our resources really well. Well done Jude!
Nursery – Geese
Gerard was nominated to receive a Gainsborough Gold Award for explaining his ideas in excellent sentences in our carpet sessions. Well done Gerard!
Nursery – Swans
Hugo was nominated to receive a Gainsborough Gold Award for being an excellent monitor and looking after the mark making tools. Well done Hugo!
Reception – Wrens
Lucinda was nominated to receive a Gainsborough Gold Award for completing some excellent writing and using her phonic knowledge to write sentences. Well done Lucinda!
Year 1 – Owls
This week Leon was nominated to receive a Gainsborough Gold Award for some incredible writing. Well done Leon.
Year 2- Hummingbirds
This week Shakira was nominated to receive a Gainsborough Gold Award for an incredible effort in the dance rehearsals. Well done Shakira!
Year 3 – Herons
Jett was nominated to receive a Gainsborough Gold Award for working really hard this week to master fractions, well done Jett. Well done Jett!
Year 4- Skylarks
Owen was nominated to receive a Gainsborough Gold Award for his excellent attitude to learning and also for working exceptionally well in maths, where we have learnt to add and subtract fractions. Well done Owen.
Year 5 – Magpies
Naomi was nominated to receive a Gainsborough Gold Award for working incredibly hard to learn her lines, speaking with confidence to present the class assembly and showing an enormous amount of confidence. Naomi!
Year 6 – Doves
Amy was nominated to receive a Gainsborough Gold for being incredibly helpful while supporting the younger children at school this week. Well done Amy!
Next term at Gainsborough…
Summer 2 Priorities at Gainsborough
We will focus on the following next term in a bid to improve outcomes, teaching, our engagement and well being at Gainsborough:
- Assessment – all staff will look at assessing pupils through: lessons, observations and tests, to ascertain progress for the end of the year and set targets for next year
- Transition – we will ensure good transition for all pupils to their next year group
- Science – we will be developing our practical approach to science lessons
- Maths – we will be embedding the use of Maths – No Problem in our maths lessons
- Sustainability – we will be running our family cooking programme, selling our home grown fruit and vegetables, cooking our home grown fruit and vegetables in our school kitchen
- Attendance – we will be supporting families to remove barriers that prevent good attendance
- Keep Healthy – we will focus on healthy eating. We will address packed lunch contents, suggest healthy snacks to bring and promote more eating of fruit and vegetables in the dinner hall
WAMH’s Transition Workshops at Gainsborough in Summer 2
We have access to a WAMH’s clinician at Gainsborough. This service supports both school and home and identifying and supporting pupil’s well being and mental health. Alice Zacharia is our dedicated WAMH’s worker, she is in Gainsborough every second Monday, and she is able to meet parents to discuss any aspect of pupil well being. Please email admin@gainsborough.hackney.sch.uk if you would like to meet with Alice.
- Monday 24th June, 3.30-4.30pm WAHM’s Workshop – Information on how to Support your Child in the Reception to Year 1 Transition
- Monday 8th July, 3.30-4.30pm WAHM’s Workshop – Information on how to Support your Child in Transitions for Children with ASD
- Monday 22nd July, 2.30-3.30pm WAHM’s Workshop – Information on how to Support your Child in Transitions, drop in session
- Monday 10th June, 3.30-4.30pm WAHM’s Workshop – Information on how to Support your Child in the Year 6 to Year 7 Transitio
Hackney Music Festival
This week we will see Reception sing, Years 1 and 2 dance group dance and Years 3, 4, 5 sing at the Hackney Music Festival. Please come along to the Round Chapel, Clapton to watch Gainsborough children, and others from across Hackney, perform.
Monday 24th June, Year 1 and 2 dance group, 1.15-2.45pm
Wednesday 26th June, Year 3, 4, 5 singing, 4-5pm. Children to be collected from school at 6pm
Friday 28th June, Reception class singing, 9.30-10.15am
Year 6 Bikability
Year 6 will complete level 1 and 2 cycling courses this week under the guidance of Cycle Confident. Our aim is that every pupil leaves Gainsborough able to safely cycle on roads. This benefits their health, the environment and their pockets! We hope to give children the skills they need to travel safely to their secondary schools, explore the local area, learn a new skill and hopefully give them the tools to come back and see us!
Tender UK – Parent Workshop Tuesday 25th June 5-6pm, Managing Emotions
RE:SET – Relationships Education: School’s Equality Toolkit
Gainsborough Primary School is proud to be working towards becoming a Healthy Relationships Champion Setting this year. We’ve partnered up with Tender Education and Arts (www.tender.org.uk) to complete RE:SET; an online toolkit and whole school campaign to award our school for promoting a culture of healthy, equal and respectful relationships. Since September 2020, it is statutory for all schools to teach relationships education and it’s a fantastic opportunity to acknowledge the incredible work we already do as well as ensuring the whole school community takes on the responsibility of preventing gender-based violence and keeping our children safe, healthy and prepared for the modern world.
During this year, Tender will deliver training, workshops and creative campaigns alongside our children and staff, and offer sessions to families and parents. We are excited to start this journey with the RE:SET team, and to see how it will benefit both our school culture and our
children’s futures. We are keen to hear the perspectives of parents and carers, and we are inviting you to take part
in a short survey (below), so Tender can create bespoke parent/carer sessions for Gainsborough Primary.
Click on the weblink below. Unique ID Code: 04529
https://forms.office.com/e/jrzy93Am2F
Attendance at Gainsborough
We are working hard to ensure good attendance at Gainsborough. To help you understand the importance in having good school attendance, we will be informing you about how we teach cycles of learning at Gainsborough in each week’s newsletter. We want families to understand the impact of absence on well being, the progress in subjects, friendships and the work load absence has on the school work force. We are doing this to help families be more mindful about taking days off.
